Monmouthshire-Newport-1864
CBTM:
22105
Map Date:
12.1864
Repository reference:
BOL C17:70 Newport (Mon) (5)
Historic county:
Monmouthshire
Town name:
Newport, Caerleon
Map type:
Utility
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST310885
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 3291
Map title:
'Plan of Newport, Caerleon & Maindee, in the county of Monmouth, shewing the proposed railway & dock schemes, Session, 1865.'
Comments on map:
Signed by Kirby, bottom right, December 1864. On right of map are letterpress schedule of railway and dock schemes, and letterpress numbered reference to building, streets, wharves, etc: the resulting lightening of text on the map does not particularly conduce to user-friendliness.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Conyers Kirby [?], Town Surveyor, Newport, Mon [? author], Mclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lithographers to the Queen, London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow [lith], Hy Mullock, Stationer, Commercial St, Newport, Mon [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
102.0 x 78.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Frontages only.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, wharfs, misc: Pilotage Office
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Waterworks Offices.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Defence and military:
barracks, rifle ranges, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Newport (5) [1865]; BOL C17:70 Newport (4) [1866].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, abbatoirs, uncertain: Works.
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, museums
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Antiquities:
Ampitheatre [at Caerleon].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners, industrial owners: [Some owners or occupiers of wharves, works, etc].
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Upper right: sections and gradient profiles of railway and dock schemes.
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, letter-boxes, post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Public Weighing Machine.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Watch House.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1881
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899-1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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